Thanks Mister e! I uses @ SLEEP and @ NOP statements instead of the SLEEP 45 statement and it all works. Didn't need to put it in SLEEP for only 45 seconds since prolonged @ SLEEP mode is still awakened by either of my interrupts implemented in this code.

The contributions on this thread have been outstanding in helping me understand my problems and achieve solution. Thanks again to all of you who posted answers to my questions. I consider this to be the end of this thread.